The Eternal Faithfulness of the Lord
1 Oh,give thanks to theLord!
Call upon His name;
# Make known His deeds among the peoples!
2 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
# Talk of all His wondrous works!
3 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek theLord!
4 Seek theLordand His strength;
# Seek His face evermore!
5 Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
6 O seed of Abraham His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
7 HeistheLordour God;
# His judgmentsarein all the earth.
8 Heremembers His covenant forever,
The wordwhichHe commanded, for a thousand generations,
9 Thecovenantwhich He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
10 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israelasan everlasting covenant,
11 Saying,“To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
12 When they were few in number,
# Indeed very few,and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
Fromonekingdom to another people,
14 He permitted no one to do them wrong;
# Yes,He rebuked kings for their sakes,
15 Saying,“Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”
16 MoreoverHe called for a famine in the land;
# He destroyed all theprovision of bread.
17 He sent a man before them—
# Joseph—whowas sold as a slave.
18 They hurt his feet with fetters,
He was laid in irons.
19 Until the time that his word came to pass,
# The word of theLordtested him.
20 The king sent and released him,
The ruler of the people let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house,
And ruler of all his possessions,
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure,
And teach his elders wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt,
# And Jacob dweltin the land of Ham.
24 He increased His people greatly,
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate His people,
To deal craftily with His servants.
26 He sent Moses His servant,
AndAaron whom He had chosen.
27 Theyperformed His signs among them,
And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and madeitdark;
And they did not rebel against His word.
29 He turned their waters into blood,
And killed their fish.
30 Their land abounded with frogs,
Evenin the chambers of their kings.
31 He spoke, and there came swarms of flies,
Andlice in all their territory.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
Andflaming fire in their land.
33 He struck their vines also, and their fig trees,
And splintered the trees of their territory.
34 He spoke, and locusts came,
Young locusts without number,
35 And ate up all the vegetation in their land,
And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He also destroyed all the firstborn in their land,
# The first of all their strength.
37 He also brought them out with silver and gold,
Andtherewasnone feeble among His tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed,
For the fear of them had fallen upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering,
And fire to give light in the night.
40 Thepeopleasked, and He brought quail,
# Andsatisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and water gushed out;
It ran in the dry placeslikea river.
42 For He rememberedHis holy promise,
AndAbraham His servant.
43 He brought out His people with joy,
His chosen ones with gladness.
44 He gave them the lands of the Gentiles,
And they inherited the labor of the nations,
45 That they might observe His statutes
And keep His laws.
Praise theLord!